Exam question 1 · Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper, part 61: Andras ki…

Which of the following did Andras do after sailing across the fiord?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Andras · What happens: follow, do, sail · To what, where: fiord

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1195 «Fairy Book (pg3027), The White Slipper, part 61: Andras kills the Stalo's dog and takes his gold, then the sick king gets a magic slipper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
6	Andras	Andras	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 following	ccomp
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 sailing	mark
9	sailing	sail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 do	advcl
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 fiord	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fiord	det
12	fiord	fiord	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sailing	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	do	past · do-support	Andras		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sail	gerund	Andras not said here	the fiord	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across fiord=Trajectory

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He took the gold and left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gold	det
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 left	cc
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 took	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	He	the gold					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
2	leave	participle	He not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He slew the dog with one blow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 blow	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 blow	nummod
7	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	the dog				with one blow	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dog=Patient with blow=Instrument

Option 3

He slew the Stalo's dog with one blow after returning to the boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slew	nsubj
2	slew	slay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Stalo	det
4	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dog	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Stalo	case
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 blow	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 blow	nummod
9	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slew	obl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 returning	mark
11	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 slew	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 boat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boat	det
14	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 returning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past	He	the Stalo's dog				with one blow	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent dog=Patient with blow=Instrument
2	return	gerund	He not said here					to the boat result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to boat=Result

Option 4

He sailed back to the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 sailed	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 king	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail back	past	He					to the king	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to king=Trajectory

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